An upcoming execution may be the first carried out in Virginia with a powerful sedative that has been successfully, if controversially, used in lethal injections in other states.
For years, Virginia and other states that conduct lethal injections used sodium thiopental as the first of three drugs administered in the procedure. But a national shortage of the drug has forced a switch to pentobarbital by many states.
In lethal injections, sodium thiopental or pentobarbital are used first to render the inmate unconscious, pancuronium bromide is then administered to stop muscle movement and finally potassium chloride stops the heart.
A bullet in the back of the head is a whole lot cheaper.
ReplyDeleteWho cares if it does the job.
ReplyDeleteUse acid.
ReplyDeletewho cares if the inmate is suffering ..... do you think the person they killed or raped had that luxury... I am so friggin tired of these assclowns that have bleeding hearts for these people .....
ReplyDeleteHow about using copper a jacketed lead injection?
ReplyDeleteI figured there would be comments like those above. I wasn't disappointed.
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